A study of a restricted programme of strategic dosing against Fasciola hepatica with triclabendazole.
A restricted programme of strategic dosing with triclabendazole was used to treat a sheep flock with severe clinical fascioliasis. After five years the percentage of ewes passing fluke eggs was reduced from 49 per cent to less than 1 per cent, without the reappearance of clinical fascioliasis. It is suggested that this programme offers an efficient and practical means of controlling fascioliasis.
Fawcett
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Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Roslin, Midlothian.
D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005210:Fasciola hepatica / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology; D000077682:Triclabendazole
D000871:Anthelmintics; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D000077682:Triclabendazole